ND To Vote In Favor of Loan Agreement Extension

Main opposition New Democracy party parliamentary spokesman Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that ND is planning to vote in favor of the agreement for the loan extension, if it is tabled in Parliament. Speaking to Parapolitika radio, he said that “a large part of the Varoufakis email has been ‘copy-pasted’ from the damn bailout” and predicted that a third bailout was imminent.

Mitsotakis argued that while a third bailout “is not good for the country”, the recent agreement includes “common sense reforms” that are set to allow Greece to set aside “the false bailout-versus-anti-bailout dilemma”.

Asked to comment on the budget shortfall, Mitsotakis noted that it is going to be very difficult for the government to cover, while he estimated that SYRIZA is not going to be able to explain how it will cover “major funding needs” in March.